AUGUST 2008

NYLON KOREA – AUGUST 2008

HOW THE MUSIC WAS SELECTED AND EDITED TO CONNECT WITH THE OVERALL COLLECTION? 

THE MUSIC WAS SEVERAL COMBINED REMIXES OF THE SAME SONG: "CONSTANTLY NO RESPECT" BY BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB. IT REMINDED ME OF ONE OF THOSE ITALIAN OCCULT HORROR MOVIES FROM THE '70S. I ALWAYS DO THE MUSIC WITH A FRIEND OF MINE FROM L.A. THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 20 YEARS. WHEN I MOVED TO EUROPE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WOULDN'T DRIFT APART, WHICH HAPPENS. SO DOING THE MUSIC TOGETHER TWICE A YEAR MAKES SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. WE WORK ON IT BY EMAIL AND ON THE PHONE FOR A MONTH BEFORE THE SHOW, RE-ARRANGING AND TWEAKING AND CHOPPING UP AND DISTORTING. SOMETIMES IT COMES OUT SOUNDING ALMOST NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL. THIS ONE WAS CLOSE TO PERFECT ALREADY, THOUGH. SOMETIMES THE BEST DESIGN IS TO KNOW WHEN TO LEAVE SOMETHING ALONE.